"I want to make sure my Is are dotted and my Ts are crossed," Floyd said at Wednesday's School Board meeting . "I will retool my first reading to ask the next board to look at this."

Floyd alleges that Roussel awarded raises to her executive staff and failed to get contracts renewed as required under board policy and state law. He had hoped to have a hearing on the matter Wednesday night.

Roussel said all raises and contract renewals were approved by the board as part of the budget process. Her lawyers sent a letter earlier this week reiterating her actions and advising they would be breaking state law if they held the hearing based on Floyd's charges.

Such charges would have to come from the board as a whole, not an individual member such as Floyd, and Roussel would need "reasonable written notice" to prepare for a hearing, they said.

Floyd said he has combed through at least five annual budgets and has yet to see evidence that the board approved raises or contract renewals.

"My fiduciary responsibility is to look at the contracts and look at the payroll, and if I'm the only School Board member to do that, then I'll do that."

Roussel, who became superintendent in 2003, said she has followed a raise approval process that has been in effect since 1994. Her current contract expires June 30, and it will be up to the School Board that takes office in January -- with five of the nine members new -- to renew it or look for new leadership.

"Raises have been submitted as part of the annual budget approval process," Roussel wrote in a memo to the board. "The annual board report for the budget indicates acceptance and approval of all items in the budget. The board votes to approve the budget and the raises."